Six units and a dozen firefighters are on scene of a 20-acre brush fire in Plant City. ...more

March 20, 2009

OFFERINGS LEADERSHIP TRAINING: Faith Family Outreach Church of Plant City, 1214 W. Reynolds St., Suite 2, is launching a new leadership training program, the Christian Leadership Development Institute, to provide instruction in the basic skills needed for assisting with positions of leadership within ministries. Some topics covered in the seven-week training program will include qualities of an effective leader, communicating effectively and more. Pauline Rivers, the church's co-pastor and an organization development and learning consultant with a doctoral degree from the University of Florida, will serve as executive director and lead instructor. Sessions will be held on designated Sunday afternoons through April. Call (813) 759-0260 or e-mail at pmrivers phd@aol.com . ...more

February 18, 2009

PLANT CITY Jeff Steinberg, his wife, Ellen, and their ministry team will present a special 10:45 a.m. Sunday service and concert at the Plant City Community Church of the Nazarene, 2402 Mud Lake Road. ...more

January 15, 2009

A 19-year-old Plant City man was killed Sunday afternoon when he was ejected from his car during a crash, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. Brett Russell Fuller, 19, of 5012 Mud Lake Road, was driving his 2003 Mitsubishi Lancer northbound on Mud Lake Road about 2:45 p.m. when he lost control, deputies said. ...more

January 5, 2009

For the third time in three years, a small group of families has come together to deal with the aftermath of a serious car crash - and the second that resulted in death. ...more

November 18, 2008

For the third time in three years, a small group of families has come together to deal with a serious car crash. For the second time, a crash has resulted in death. Joanna Chastain, a 2007 Durant High graduate and close friend of Katie Marchetti, was killed in a fiery crash about midnight Sunday. Chastain's passenger, Christopher Richards, 20, of Brandon, was also killed. Another passenger, Andrew Santilli of Valrico, was critically injured. ...more

November 17, 2008

Two people were killed in a fiery car crash that happened shortly after midnight today on State Road 60, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

November 16, 2008

Election Day went relatively smoothly at most Plant City area polls, including several where voters slowed to a trickle late in the day, providing procrastinators to cast line-free, eleventh-hour ballots. ...more

November 12, 2008

A small survey of polling places in the Plant City area showed the precincts were line free after 6 p.m., with some seeing only a trickle of voters coming in after 5 p.m. ...more

November 4, 2008

8:00 p.m. Plant City A small survey of polling places in the Plant City area showed the precincts were line-free after 6 p.m., with some seeing only a trickle of voters coming in after 5 p.m. ...more

November 4, 2008